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Detroit Zoo gets 20 penguins via FedEx from California

Officials said Tuesday that FedEx delivered a flock of 20 penguins earlier this month to the zoo in Detroit, all the way from a California aquarium.
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In this Dec. 22, 2015, photo provided by the Detroit Zoological Society, newly acquired gentoo penguins walk around in a special quarantine area at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich. The flock of 20 have joined three other gentoo penguins that arrived earlier this year and await completion of their new home, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center, which is scheduled to open in April with more than 80 penguins. (Jennie Miller/Detroit Zoological Society via Associated Press)

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- When penguins absolutely, positively have to arrive, The Detroit Zoo calls FedEx.

Officials said Tuesday the company delivered a flock of 20 earlier this month to the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak from a California aquarium.

The aquatic birds have joined three other gentoo penguins that arrived earlier this year and await completion of their new home, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center. 

The $29.5-million centre is scheduled to open in April and will be home to more than 80 penguins. The newest group of 10 males and 10 females are staying in a special quarantine area at the zoo's current home for penguins, the Penguinarium.

Once the new facility is completed, the Penguinarium will become a bat conservation centre.

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